Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896 . -TURES—SAMUEL ADDINGTON—LORD DUDLEYS PORCELAIN—C. J. NIEUWENHUYS—THE BLENHEIM PALACE COLLEC-TION AND ITS DISPERSAL. N unusually large number of im-portant picture and other art salestook place in 1886, the earliest of thechief dispersals being the collectionof modern pictures formed by thelate Henry MConnel, of Cressbrook, sale took place on March 27th, and the eightylots realized the total of ^^35,242 14^. 6d. Thefollowing list includes the principal pictures :~R. P. Bonington, Low tide on the French Coast,17x2
Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896 . -TURES—SAMUEL ADDINGTON—LORD DUDLEYS PORCELAIN—C. J. NIEUWENHUYS—THE BLENHEIM PALACE COLLEC-TION AND ITS DISPERSAL. N unusually large number of im-portant picture and other art salestook place in 1886, the earliest of thechief dispersals being the collectionof modern pictures formed by thelate Henry MConnel, of Cressbrook, sale took place on March 27th, and the eightylots realized the total of ^^35,242 14^. 6d. Thefollowing list includes the principal pictures :~R. P. Bonington, Low tide on the French Coast,17x21, 450 guineas ; Sir A. W. Callcott, Ghent,800 guineas, and the Gulf of Salerno, near Amalfi,700 guineas—both these pictures, which measure28 X 40, were painted for Mr. MConnel; , The Morning Bath, 1831, 27x36, 850guineas (purchased by the late owner for 200guineas); J. Constable, Flatford Mill, 23 x 35,320 guineas, and the Dell, Helmingham Park,44x51, 1,550 guineas ; Sir C. L. Eastlake, ChristBlessing little Children, 210 guineas, and The Ran-. THE MCONNEL PICTURES. 85 som, 45 X 70 (for which Mr. MConnel paid theartist 600 guineas), 100 guineas ; A. Elmore,Charles V. at the Monastery of Yuste, a finelyfinished study for the large picture, 255 guineas ;T. Faed, Conquered, but not Subdued,^ 1856,25x36) engraved, 1,100 guineas; Sir E. Land-seer, Hawking in the Olden Time, the well-knownpicture, engraved by Lewis, 72 x 60, 450 guineas,and a pair of crayon drawings, Free Trade andProtection, 200guineas; C. R. Leslie,The Heiress,the interior said to be a room in the mansionat Petworth, 33 x 28, from the Bicknell sale, 1863(1,200 guineas), 275 guineas ; J. Linnell, TheBrow of the Hill, 1866, 27 x 38, 610 guineas ; SirJ. E. Millais, Pilgrims to St. Pauls, a picture oftwo Greenwich Pensioners before the tomb ofNelson, 1868, 56 x 44, 400 guineas; W. , A Syrian Dance, unfinished, 15x24, 300guineas ; W. Mulready, Idle Boys, 1815, 31 x 26,1,510 guineas ; three im
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